ES1290514U - INTELLIGENT INSECT TRAP - Google Patents

Abstract

Intelligent trap for insects, with a housing (1) that has a perimeter entry (3) interior activate with an adhesive useful area, accessible from the entrance (2), and a container (7) where A semiochemical, one or more cameras is housed (4) oriented towards the useful surface of the active base (3), and a battery, characterized by understanding two or more bases (3) mobile adhesives along the housing (1), configured to place themselves consecutively in an active situation. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Smart insect trap

TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention relates to an intelligent trap for insects, for example of the Lepidoptera order, but not limited to this order, for remote monitoring and control of pests. It allows in a simple and effective way to capture insects to monitor and/or study pests in crops, forests, gardens or other agricultural systems.

STATE OF THE ART

The trap disclosed in ES1195312U is known in the state of the art. It is a trap for monitoring agricultural and forest pests remotely, using semiochemicals (pheromones, allelomones...) as insect attractants. It has an entrance for insects inside, bases with glue to retain insects, and one or more chambers that transmit the contents of the trap to a remote station. Likewise, it has a series of humidity and temperature sensors. This trap is considered the closest state of the art to the invention.

The applicant does not know of any solution to these problems as effective and efficient as the one claimed.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The invention consists of an intelligent trap for insects according to the claims.

The invention presents a design improvement that allows savings both in materials (type of material used in manufacturing, electronic devices, such as cameras to capture images), and in its size. These modifications also simplify the assembly of the new system and its logistics. Also, primarily, it allows a single trap to work autonomously for longer.

To do this, the insect trap starts from a cylindrical or prismatic casing that has a perimeter entrance towards an interior active base with a useful surface. This useful surface of the active base is accessible from the entrance, comprises glue and is close to the container that houses the semiochemical. The trap also possesses one o more video or photo cameras oriented towards the useful surface of the active base, in addition to a power battery. According to the invention, the trap comprises two or more bases, mobile along the casing, preferably in the form of a disc or ring, and configured to be placed consecutively in an active situation.

The trap preferably comprises a casing support that carries one or more adjustable photovoltaic plates for recharging the battery.

Likewise, it can include a communication system with a server: GSM, LoRA, Wifi... depending on the location of a nearby repeater or receiver, the necessary range, etc.

Other particular solutions are included in the dependent claims and are described in detail below.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached where the following has been represented by way of illustration, and not limitation.

Figure 1: Schematic view of an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2: Exploded view of the main parts of the previous example.

Figure 3: Example of a servomotor base change system.

Figure 4: Example of embodiment of a way to move the bases consecutively. (A) drop the lowest base while retaining the others; (B) retention of all bases.

Figure 5: Circular base that contains an adhesive surface for capturing insects.

MODES OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Next, an embodiment of the invention is briefly described, as an illustrative and non-limiting example of the latter.

Figure 1 shows a general view of the trap according to one embodiment. It comprises a cylindrical casing (1) with a perimeter inlet (2) formed by a removable grid. Inside the casing (1) there is a container (7) with the semiochemical corresponding to the insect that you want to attract, also inside it there are a series of bases (3) in the form of a disk or ring, whose useful surface is covered with glue. One of the bases (3), which we call "active", offers its useful, adhesive surface to the entrance (2), while the others are hidden by this or other bases (3). The bases that have not been used and that are in the "inactive" mode, are stored in the upper part of the casing (1), which will go to the active position when the user remotely activates the gear change system by the servomotor (12).

One or more cameras (4) are oriented towards the useful surface of the active base (3). The camera (4), normally one, can store the images until they are retrieved manually or forward them by a suitable method to a server. For example, for a phone card, a LoRa communication system, Wi-Fi... with the necessary range.

For example, the bases (3) can have a central hole, so that the chamber (4) is arranged in correspondence with that central hole (figure 2). Thus, the two elements do not interfere with each other.

In use, the insects are attracted to the specific semiochemical housed inside, in a receptacle (7), and remain adhered to the useful surface of the active base (3). When it is detected that the base (3) has too many insects retained, or it is desired to restart the count, the servomotor (12) moves a base (3) that is in its inactive mode in the upper part of the casing (1) to change the active base (3) used. This process moves a new base (3) to the active position, covering the already used base (3). For example, the bases (3) fall by gravity to the active position, by means of the mechanism illustrated in figure 3. In this figure, two claws (13,14) carry out alternating movements to release the bases (3) from successive form. The two claws (13,14) have spikes that retain the bases (3). The upper claw (14) allows the lower base (3) to be separated from the others, while the lower claw (13) is the one that releases the lower base (3) so that it passes into an active situation (figure 3A). In Figure 3B all bases (3) are retained.

In another embodiment, schematically represented in figure 4, the bases (3) can be engaged, by means of a lug (31) for example, in the slot of an endless screw (11) with variable pitch that causes the base (3) active has open space ahead. At one end, storage, the passage is reduced so that the bases (3) are close to each other (top in figure 4). In the area of the active base (3), the step is very large, so the base (3) advances quickly to the working position without the next base (3) advancing hardly. In another embodiment, in the area of the active base (3) there is no screw, but rather it falls due to its weight. Consequently, the gap is opened for access of the insect to the useful surface. When you want to change the base (3), you keep turning the screw and the next base (3) advances through the area with a large pitch, while the removed base (3) moves again through an area with a small pitch, it is covered by the next or falls by gravity to a deposit.

Figure 5 shows an exploded view of an example of a base (3). It comprises a crown-shaped adhesive sheet (32), with an inner stiffening ring (33) and a series of peripheral staples (34). The staples (34), among other functions, separate the bases (3) from each other.

The casing (1) is supported by a support (5) that carries one or more photovoltaic plates (6) for recharging the battery that powers the entire trap. This allows the orientation of the photovoltaic plates (6) to be optimized regardless of the position or orientation of the casing (1), however, it does not limit the fact that the photovoltaic plate can be housed in the upper part of the casing (1). ). A button panel (8) allows control of the trap, giving orders to the controller (10) that manages it and controls its reloading.

It also has humidity and/or temperature sensors (9), as is known from the cited state of the art, however, it is not exclusively limited to sensors for these two parameters.

Claims (1)

1- Intelligent trap for insects, with a casing (1) that has a perimeter entrance (2) towards an interior active base (3) with a useful adhesive surface, accessible from the entrance (2), and a container (7) where a semiochemical is housed, one or more chambers (4) oriented towards the useful surface of the active base (3), and a battery, characterized in that it comprises two or more mobile adhesive bases (3) along the casing (1 ), configured to be placed consecutively in active status. 2- Intelligent trap for insects, according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a support (5) of the casing (1) that carries one or more orientable photovoltaic plates (6) for recharging the battery. It does not limit that the photovoltaic plate can be housed in the upper part of the casing (1). 3- Intelligent trap for insects, according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a communication system with a server.